TheDarkRaven wrote:
iPods are, quite frankly, not as good as they're made out to be. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they're rubbish, I'm just saying that there are better mp3 players out there - with more 'usual' file types available to them (WMA/WMV etc.)
iPod supports AAC, which is better than MP3. I'm not sure if any other music product can use them except for Apple. It also supports MP3, WAV, AIFF - the list goes on.
TheDarkRaven wrote:
The iPod comes into its own when you can afford to fill it up with iTunes
Just because the iPod was built for iTunes doesn't mean it is the only program. Even Winamp supports iPod for adding any type of accepted media.
TheDarkRaven wrote:
the only reason I can think of to buy the iPod for a majority and average member of the public is for the style and a name - that's all that most of you are buying, a name. And even then you're paying over the odds.
You haven't done your research, have you? No, its not as if it has a GUI to do for, physical appearance and ease of use. Not to mention its playback quality and sound use. No, if you only buy the iPod for its name, you are an idiot. Just because some Creative Vision 'fanboy' sees Apple as a great threat, the only reason people buy them is because of their name. Yeah right.
TheDarkRaven wrote:
I pity iPod fans who have a Windows OS running computer, and who probably have to illegally obtain their music from file-sharing - for me the iPod is merely fuelling this illegal craze. People don't want to pay the outrageous iTunes prices, but have to find mp3s comewhere - hello Kazaa, LimeWire and others!
Pity me. Ha! What a load of crap. Yes,
iPods are the only reason that Kazaa, Limewire etc exist. You are a total moron, who obviously doesn't know the first thing about audio. There were MP3 players before iPod, and sites before iPod too. You are just a pathetic Creative fanboy. It's not as if Creative users download their music. Oh no, Creative users are perfect and abide to the law. Every one of them. Yeah right. I'm friends with hundreds who aren't, and I bet are you too. Hell, I'm friends with Apple users who illegally download music. But that's not the discussion. If you want a debate about morals, you head over the debate section. Otherwise,
stay out.In case you are forgetting, oh wait, you live in a perfect, non-rule breaking Creative world, so I'll remind you. Creative have been in a ton of Apple lawsuits stealing their design, and in the end of those 11 (or was it 13?) lawsuits, they paid Apple a compensation and all lawsuits were dropped.
Typical fanboy, who can only see one side. And if anyone thinks I am a fanboy, you can talk to Sarge, as I gave him arguments to both sides.